Rye — Yield in Ireland
Ireland: Rye — Yield was 3,334 kg/ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Rye — Yield in Ireland, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Ireland recorded 3,334 kg/ha for rye — yield in 2017.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 24.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rye — yield in Ireland peaked at 4,000 kg/ha in 1980 and was at its lowest, 1,256 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places Ireland 23rd out of 69 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,795 kg/ha | 1,256 kg/ha | 3,086 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,669 kg/ha | 1,980 kg/ha | 3,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,717 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,201 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 2,332 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,553 kg/ha | 2,361 kg/ha | 2,812 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,110 kg/ha | 2,875 kg/ha | 3,334 kg/ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
More agriculture & rural data for Ireland
- Agriculture share gdp 1.06 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.06 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
- Rural population 35.4% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.0% (2025)
- Rural population 1.94 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 7.63 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 0 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rye — yield in Ireland?
- Rye — yield in Ireland was 3,334 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rye — yield recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 4,000 kg/ha in 1980.
- What is the lowest rye — yield recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,256 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Ireland rank for rye — yield?
- Ireland ranks 23rd out of 69 countries with data for 2017.
- Is rye — yield rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ireland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Rye — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.